Dartmouth at Pennsylvania

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  The New York herald, New York, N.Y., November 14, 1920, page 1

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  Penn Eleven Crushed BY Dartmouth, ~ to 7 Continued from First Page. ably tossed away Dartmouth touch down in the first period when he muffed q forward pass for thirty yards from Jordan But he made up for that error IN JIG time. Soon after the start Of the second period Thomas punted for Penn. and Jordan made fair catch Oh the Quakers 40 yard line. Burke then plunged twenty-five yards along a broad avenue through right guard. Sawyer might have got Burke at the start of this dash. but Sawyer. like many another Penn man, forgot to tackle. Penn looked like a team which had been scrimnaged to death and was too weary 10 move. Bower followed Burke’s spring with n three yard gain through the right Side and Shelburne made IL first down on PENIS 2 yard mark. Burke then nit left guard and shot over the line Tor touchdown. UP to this point Penn had been unable to make the game look like a contest But Burke’s touchdown started something 1t set Dartmouth of on a long series of scores and big gains through the line. The Green made al most as many first downs as there are varieties of a certain advertised prand of pickles and things 1t gained not yards, but acreage. After Burke rad got that opening touchdown Dartmouth let loose with ter rife powerA Jordan ran twelve yarus’ Bower seventeen. Shelburne .eiRht-thlrty-seven yards in three trles-but all TINS was thrown away when Sheiburne rum bled and Er.resvaag recovered LOT .ne Ouakers on their own 35-yard line. This stopped the New Hampshire eleven, but only for a while. 1t started again soon. when Moore intercepted a forward pass on PENIS 15-yard line. Here the Quakers braced and gave their best defensive exhibition of the day. for Dartmouth lost the ball on downs when 1t was only seven yards from a score. sonnenberg Breaks Through Thomas fell back to punt out OF danger, and here Dartmouth’s penchant for blocking kicks came to the fore. Sonnenberg broke through and blocked the punt, but as the ball rolled behind the goal line Miller fell on it for safety and saved Penn Ave points. Penn put the ball into play on its own 20-yard line, but could do nothing. and Thomas purted. Dartmouth getting the ball at ‘nidfield. There it began fifty yard march In the course of the advance Shelburne ran twelve yards. FL 12-yard mark Burke. who had been ripping off five yards at a clip. was able to make the distance. And he did. He covered the dozen yards, carrying load of human freight in red and blue. Three Penn men hung on his neck as he la bored toward the goal line, but he shook them Of Another touchdown went up for the Green. This thing which had started out to be contest was a contest no longer. After making his sensational run Of fifty-hve yards at the start of the second half. Jordan put Dartmouth on the way to It’s ftth touchdown with run OF thirty Yards Burke and She burue made it first down on PENIS 22-yard mark. A forward pass was blocked. and Burke’s run Of seventeen yards went for naught when Dartmouth was caught offside. A forward pass from Jordan TO Bower put the ball on the home teams l2-yard mark. Burke took n smash at right guard and made three yards. 1t was Burke again on the next play, and he rounded right end for the nine yards needed to give him a touchdown, his third Of the afternoon The score was – to o against Permits worst showing Of a poor and very dlsheartening season Then Penn. which had been fighting hard at tho time. became fighting mad It began to come out Of it’s trance. 1t became more alert. 1t began 10 show some of the work which had given Pitts burg so bad a scare week ago. 1t forced the Green 10 punt. Up to this point Penn had deluded itself with the belief that 1t might score through the line. But now II cast aside close work and began to strike through the air A pass from Wray to Grave

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, November 14, 1920, page 11

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  Hanoverians’ Fast Back6eld And Heavy Line Easily Crush Heisman’s S Eleven, 44-7-Jordan’s S Brilliant Line Plunging Features Battle. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. l3.-The worst defeat in years was suffered by Penn here this afternoon at the hands of Dartmouth by the over whelming score OF A. to Z. 1t was the Red and Blues fourth straight loss of the season. For almost three periods Penn failed to make a first down. Her at tack was weak and interference poor. The big Green team from Hanover was like a stone wall and on the attack they showed a scoring machine that has been unequaled on franklin Field this year. Snelburne tore through the Penn line at will as the Penn forwards were unable to stop him. Burke and Bower performed iashy line plunging. Jordan’s interference was brilliant. Penn Easily Outplayed. There was no scoring in the first period. but IL was apparent from the start that Penn was completely out played. Dartmouth swept everything before them in the second quarter. AZ ter a long run by Burke, Shelburne and Jordan took up the – attack, Bower finally taking the ball over for the first touchdown. Cunning ham kicked goal. Dartmouth’s next score came when a Penn punt was blocked back of the goal lines and Hitler fell on IL for a safety. Burke again scored for the Green when after a series of line plays he tore through Penn’s defense from their 1s-yard line for a touchdown Cunningham kicked goal. In the same period Shelburne scored on brilliant line plays. Uses straight Football. In the second half Dartmouth rolled up another high score by straight football methods. Jordan took the ball or 9reat run of 80 yards for a touchdown In the period. Cunningham kicked goal. An other score was made in this period when ON a perfect forward pass, Jordan to Bower. the latter plunged through for a touchdown. Cunning ham kicked goal Penn’s only score of the game came when wray made a brilliant pass to Grave, who carried the barr to Dartmouth’s 1o-yard line. Miller then dashed across the line for a touchdown. Wray kicked goal. On double pass Shelburne hurled across for the final touch down of the game.

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Dartmouth leads 36–⁠34–⁠2 in 72 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.